Majaal Warehouse Company, a leading developer and operator of industrial facilities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bahrain, has inked a partnership deal with Broadway Trading & Services, a major exporter of recycled plastics on the sidelines of the Gulf Industry Fair 2018.
The Northern Gulfs leading specialist business-to-business (B2B) event for industrial products and services, Gulf Industry Fair 2018 opened today (February 6) at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre.
Set up in 2011, Broadway Trading & Services specialises in the procurement of heavy equipment for the oil and gas sector. The firm is now installing processing facilities at Majaal which will be specialise in turning factory processed plastic into granulated material ready for export to the Far East, said the company in a statement. While the inputs will originate in Saudi Arabia, the business will be a manufacturer and net exporter of material produced in Bahrain.
At the signing, Amin Al Arrayed, the managing director of Majaal Warehouse Company, said: “We are very pleased to welcome Broadway to our facilities where they will occupy nearly 1765.15sqm, making them our third largest tenant. We are excited that Broadways innovative operations are creating jobs and value for the economy. Their selection of Majaal as their new home further reaffirms our position as the preferred provider of industrial facilities in the Kingdom.”
Dawood Ma, the co-partner of Broadway, said: “We chose Majaal primarily for the quality of its industrial facilities and the responsiveness of their management. We need our facilities to work for us and in Majaal we have found a good partner. Majaals location is also ideal as it provides us easy access to both the seaport and the highway leading to Saudi Arabia. Their team is professional and friendly which makes for a great working relationship. We are planning to expand in the future and we expect that Majaal will help facilitate our future growth.”
Majaal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Bahrain Real Estate Development Company, a Sharia-compliant real estate investment company based in Kuwait, which has a paid-up capital of KWD23.3mn ($77.4mn).
Founded in Bahrain in 2008, the first Majaal property is a $45mn facility offering 37161.2sqm of leasable area, located at the Bahrain Investment Wharf (BIW) within the Salman Industrial City, providing easy access to Khalifa bin Salman Port and other major transport links in Bahrain. Its services also include the provision of leasing and facilities management for third party owned industrial facilities